Wave of protest over Trump’s seawalls

The plan to protect the golf course involves 50,000 tonnes of materialNIALL CARSON/PA

Donald Trump is facing another battle in his row with environmentalists over plans to build sea defences to protect his 18-hole golf course in west Clare.

An appeal has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against a decision by Clare county council to grant planning permission for the construction of two walls to protect the course at Doonbeg from coastal erosion.

The objection is expected to put the project on hold for at least another six months. Last month the council approved a scaled-down version of plans by Trump International Golf Links and Hotel to build a 2.8km wall at the Carrowmore Dunes in Doughmore Bay, which had been withdrawn in 2016.

The project involved two structures 626m and 256m long that would extend 12m…

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